The Museum of Modern Art announces a major donation of material representing nine innovative built and unbuilt projects developed and realized between 1994 and 2018 by Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron. The works have been given to the Museum by the Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron Kabinett, Basel, a charitable foundation established by the architects in 2015. The 23 physical objects and accompanying digital assets?sketches, study models, presentation models, and architectural fragments, as well as digital drawing sets, photographs, and videos?were carefully selected in close collaboration with the architects to demonstrate not only the final design output, but also the design process behind each project. These works join four Herzog & de Meuron architectural projects from 1988 to 1997 and one design object from 2002 already in the Museum?s collection. Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, est. 1978). 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2005?2008. Exhibition model, scale 1:90. Oak, 18 11/16 × 26 × 22 1/16? (47.5 × 66 × 56 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron Kabinett. Photo © Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron Kabinett, Basel.
?For more than three decades, Herzog & de Meuron?s practice has been a singular and defining voice in the discourse of contemporary architecture,? said Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA. ?Thanks to the generosity of ...